SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Intel Corporation

Intel DX58SO2 Motherboard (Intel Core i7-990X)

SPECfp®2006 = 48.8

SPECfp_base2006 = 47.3

CPU2006 license:	13	Test date:	Apr-2011
Test sponsor:	Intel Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Feb-2011
Tested by:	Intel Corporation	Software Availability:	Apr-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Core i7-990X
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.73 GHz
CPU MHz:	3466
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	6 cores, 1 chip, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable:	1 chip
Primary Cache:	32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	12 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	12 GB (3 x 4 GB 2Rx8 PC3-8500U-7)
Disk Subsystem:	Seagate 1 TB SATA, 7200 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)
Compiler:	Intel C++ Compiler XE for Intel64 Version 12.0.3.163 Build 20110217 Intel Visual Fortran Compiler XE for Intel64 Version 12.0.3.163 Build 20110217 Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional SP1 (for libraries)
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	NTFS
System State:	Default
Base Pointers:	32/64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	SmartHeap Library Version 9.01 from http://www.microquill.com/

Results Table

Benchmark	Base						Peak
Benchmark	Seconds	Ratio	Seconds	Ratio	Seconds	Ratio	Seconds	Ratio	Seconds	Ratio	Seconds	Ratio
Results appear in the order in which they were run. Bold underlined text indicates a median measurement.
410.bwaves	155	87.7	156	87.1	156	87.2	155	87.7	156	87.1	156	87.2
416.gamess	705	27.8	705	27.8	705	27.8	640	30.6	640	30.6	640	30.6
433.milc	185	49.5	186	49.5	186	49.5	185	49.5	186	49.5	186	49.5
434.zeusmp	110	82.5	110	82.4	111	81.8	110	82.5	110	82.4	111	81.8
435.gromacs	294	24.3	294	24.3	294	24.3	294	24.3	294	24.3	294	24.3
436.cactusADM	126	95.0	126	95.0	126	95.1	126	94.9	125	95.5	126	94.8
437.leslie3d	138	68.1	138	68.0	138	68.0	138	68.1	138	68.0	138	68.0
444.namd	370	21.7	370	21.7	370	21.7	362	22.2	362	22.2	362	22.2
447.dealII	309	37.0	310	36.9	310	36.9	309	37.0	310	36.9	310	36.9
450.soplex	246	33.9	246	34.0	246	33.9	246	33.9	246	34.0	246	33.9
453.povray	161	33.0	161	33.0	161	33.0	126	42.3	126	42.1	126	42.2
454.calculix	250	33.0	251	32.9	250	33.0	250	33.0	251	32.9	250	33.0
459.GemsFDTD	211	50.3	211	50.3	211	50.2	204	52.0	204	52.0	204	52.0
465.tonto	353	27.9	354	27.8	354	27.8	311	31.6	311	31.7	312	31.6
470.lbm	107	128	107	129	107	129	107	128	107	129	107	129
481.wrf	185	60.4	185	60.4	185	60.4	185	60.4	185	60.4	185	60.4
482.sphinx3	327	59.7	327	59.7	326	59.8	327	59.7	327	59.7	326	59.8

General Notes

 Tested systems can be used with Shin-G ATX case,
 PC Power and Cooling 1200W power supply
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of processors cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter
 System was configured with an ATI HD6990 discrete graphics card

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

icl -Qvc9 -Qstd=c99

C++ benchmarks:

icl -Qvc9

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

icl -Qvc9 -Qstd=c99 ifort

Base Portability Flags

410.bwaves:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64 -names:lowercase
416.gamess:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
433.milc:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
434.zeusmp:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
435.gromacs:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
436.cactusADM:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64 -names:lowercase /assume:underscore
437.leslie3d:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
444.namd:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64 /TP
447.dealII:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64 -DDEAL_II_MEMBER_VAR_SPECIALIZATION_BUG
450.soplex:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
453.povray:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64 -DSPEC_CPU_WINDOWS_ICL
454.calculix:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64 -DSPEC_CPU_NOZMODIFIER -names:lowercase
459.GemsFDTD:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
465.tonto:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
470.lbm:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
481.wrf:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64 -DSPEC_CPU_WINDOWS_ICL
482.sphinx3:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64

Base Optimization Flags

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

icl -Qvc9 -Qstd=c99

C++ benchmarks:

icl -Qvc9

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

icl -Qvc9 -Qstd=c99 ifort

Peak Portability Flags

Same as Base Portability Flags

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:	basepeak = yes
470.lbm:	basepeak = yes
482.sphinx3:	basepeak = yes

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-QxSSE4.2(pass 2) -Qprof_gen(pass 1) -Qprof_use(pass 2) -Qipo -O3 -Qprec-div- -Oa -Qauto-ilp32 /F1000000000 shlW64M.lib -link /FORCE:MULTIPLE
447.dealII:	basepeak = yes
450.soplex:	basepeak = yes
453.povray:	-QxSSE4.2(pass 2) -Qprof_gen(pass 1) -Qprof_use(pass 2) -Qipo -O3 -Qprec-div- -Qunroll4 -Qansi-alias -Qauto-ilp32 /F1000000000 shlW64M.lib -link /FORCE:MULTIPLE

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	basepeak = yes
416.gamess:	-QxSSE4.2(pass 2) -Qprof_gen(pass 1) -Qprof_use(pass 2) -Qipo -O3 -Qprec-div- -Qunroll2 -Ob0 -Qansi-alias -Qscalar-rep- /F1000000000
434.zeusmp:	basepeak = yes
437.leslie3d:	basepeak = yes
459.GemsFDTD:	-QxSSE4.2(pass 2) -Qprof_gen(pass 1) -Qprof_use(pass 2) -Qipo -O3 -Qprec-div- -Qunroll2 -Qopt-prefetch -Qparallel /F1000000000
465.tonto:	-QxSSE4.2(pass 2) -Qprof_gen(pass 1) -Qprof_use(pass 2) -Qipo -O3 -Qprec-div- -Qunroll4 -Qauto -Qinline-calloc /F1000000000

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	basepeak = yes
436.cactusADM:	-QxSSE4.2(pass 2) -Qprof_gen(pass 1) -Qprof_use(pass 2) -Qipo -O3 -Qprec-div- -Qopt-prefetch -Qparallel -Qunroll2 -Qauto-ilp32 /F1000000000
454.calculix:	basepeak = yes
481.wrf:	basepeak = yes

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12-winx64-revB.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Windows-Platform-Settings.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12-winx64-revB.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Windows-Platform-Settings.xml.